s/are fast/have spent too much time unbreaking samba/ Kyle
On Monday 05 Sep 2005 14:02, Steve Logan wrote: > You chaps are fast! > > Thanks Kyle, I tried the smbpasswd -a steve and it all works fine now. > I've got a user 'steve' with the same password on both Win and SuSe and, > having done the smbpasswd thingy, I can get straight in from XP to Suse > without doing anything. Hurray. > > Thanks again... > > Steve > > Kyle Gordon wrote: > > Unless you're doing cross-domain authentification magick, you don't need > > to use the machine name on your login, in either the [EMAIL PROTECTED], or > > domain\user format. As long as you have an account that Samba recognises, > > then you should be able to log in with just your username. > > > > Now, having an account that Samba recognises is another matter. Suse may > > have some spiffy scripts to synchronise the SMB database with the system > > database, or it may just leave you high and dry. You can add a user to > > the Samba database by running smbpasswd - `smbpasswd -a steve` - and then > > entering in an appropriate password. If the user already exists, then it > > will just change the password for that user. You also have to have an > > existing Linux user in the system database with the same username before > > you make a Samba user - which is why I'm surprised that Suse doesn't > > synchronise it all automagically for you. > > > > If that fails to work, or you've already tried that, send us the most > > recent logs (grep "log file" /etc/samba/smb.conf to find out where > > they're stored) and we can have a look at that. It could be that Windows > > has some security/encryption options enabled that is confusing Samba > > > > Kyle > > > > On Monday 05 September 2005 11:45, William Hamilton wrote: > >>Steve Logan wrote: > >>>After lurking for some years now it's time to come out of the closet... > >>> > >>>I've just set up my first serious Linux machine, a PIII 500 running > >>>SuSe Professional 9.1. Installation went OK and it's now up and > >>>running ready for me to play around with Apache/Tomcat (which is why I > >>>want it). > >>> > >>>Here's my question - > >>> > >>>I use WinXP for most of my development work and want an easy way of > >>>copying files to and from the SuSe box. I've correctly set up Samba > >>>client and server on the SuSe box, or at least I think I have. > >>> > >>>From the Suse box I can see my Win2003 network and copy files across. > >>>So that direction works fine. > >>> > >>>From my XP box I enter the IP address of the Suse box in 'My Computer' > >>>and I get back a list of things - 'groups', 'profiles', 'users' and > >>>'Printers and Faxes'. When I click on, say, users I'm asked to login. > >>>Here's where my problem starts. I enter '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' as the > >>>'User name' and enter my password (I have already set up an account on > >>>the SuSe box called steve and I can login fine at the Suse machine) > >>>but I'm not logged in. I've tried all sorts of permutations and > >>>combinations for the user name but I'm stumped. > >>> > >>>I presume I'm doing something daft. The suse box is called > >>>'cactuslinux' and there is an account called 'steve'. > >>> > >>>Help!? > >>> > >>>Thanks > >>> > >>>Steve > >> > >>Ah, you dont need to use the machine name when you login. > >> > >>Also, as far as I know you need to add a samba user for the Windows box > >>to authenticate against. > >>Unfortunatly I cannot be more helpful than this - I haven't used samba > >>in quite a while but i'm sure someone else will be able to help nps. > >> > >>Basically yes, your doing something daft but it's a common thing and one > >>that actually stumped me for a while when I first started using samba :) > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Scottish mailing list > >>[email protected] > >>http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish -- Kyle Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lodge.glasgownet.com _______________________________________________ Scottish mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/scottish
